n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: CARRY 1, buck, convey, ferry, ||hump, ||jag, lug, pack, tote, transport
Related Words: shoulder
2
Synonyms: BEHAVE 1, acquit, act, carry, comport, conduct, demean, deport, go on, quit
3 to have attached to one FF1C; the bottle bears the label ``poisonous'' FF1E;
Synonyms: carry, have, possess
Related Words: display, exhibit, show
Contrasted Words: lack, need, want
4
Synonyms: ACCOMPANY , attend, ||bring, ||carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort (with), convoy, escort
5 to give birth to offspring FF1C; she has borne several children FF1E;
Synonyms: ||birth, ||born, bring forth, deliver
Idioms: bring abed, bring to bed, bring to birth, give birth to, have a baby
Contrasted Words: abort, miscarry
6
Synonyms: PRESS 8, squeeze
7
Synonyms: PRESS 1, crowd, crush, jam, push, ||squab, squash, squeeze, squish, squush
8
Synonyms: PROCREATE 1, beget, breed, generate, multiply, produce, propagate, reproduce
9 to bring forth a product FF1C; the apple trees bear every year FF1E;
Synonyms: produce, turn out, yield
Related Words: breed, engender, generate, propagate, reproduce; fructify, fruit; fabricate, fashion, form, make, shape; create, invent
10 to put up with something trying or difficult FF1C; can't bear the tension of the work FF1E;
Synonyms: abide, brook, digest, endure, go, lump, stand, ||stick, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, sweat out, take, tolerate; compare ACCEPT
Related Words: afflict, torment, torture, try; allow, condone, countenance, permit; acquiesce, bow, defer, submit, yield
Idioms: make do, put up with, take lying down
Contrasted Words: decline, refuse, reject, spurn; avoid, bypass, elude, evade, shun
11
Synonyms: HEAD 3, light out, make, set out, strike out, take off